SMA/Screener help

13th Mar '17 by Investor & Trader

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Hi,

I'm probably missing something very simple here.... but when using the SMA 200 is there anyway of identifying shares where they have only recently turned positive? I can screen a positive SMA no problem but im looking for the SMA that has just tuned positive i.e in the last week etc.

Any help or alternative method is appreciated.

Thanks

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Ramridge

13th Mar '17

I don't understand your question. SMA200 is simply a moving average of the share price line, so it will always be positive.
Do you mean when the SP crosses over the SMA200 line, upwards?

Rusty2

13th Mar '17

I think you need to look under Tools - Charts Signals. I don't there is one you are looking for but Golden Cross is probably the closest.

Nick Ray

13th Mar '17

Short answer is no, but you could approximate it using something like

% 50 SMA > 0
% 130 SMA <= 0
% 200 SMA > 0

Investor & Trader

13th Mar '17

Ok thanks will try that.

Ramridge, what i'm trying to say is when the SMA turns from flat to an upward/positive trend, not necessarily looking for a cross just a turn up in trend of the SMA specified. But specifically a recent uptrend change otherwise the screen just picks up everything in an upward trend.

Cheers

Ramridge

13th Mar '17

gpacker.
OK, I get it. I am no expert on Stocko Screens but I guess you will find it hard put to do this using the Screen facility.
I can't think of a neat solution that doesn't involve writing your own code.
Maybe it would be worth your while asking the Stockopedia technical team? They are usually very helpful.

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